From: jamesromeo (jamesromeo@mac.com)
Date: 06/06/01-04:44:56 PM Z
I did a night shot from my window on east 78th st in NYC during a thundr
storm. I did it with a Zero the exp about 3 hours the lightning flashes show
and the lightning light up the sky and the high rise buiding's I was
suprised how welll iti worked out
James
on 6/6/01 6:03 PM, Gregg Kemp at gregg.kemp@pinhole.com wrote:
> At 04:02 PM 6/6/01 -0400, you wrote: Hi Folks,
>
>> I have a student bent on making pinhole photos at night. If this wasn't a
>> project due in two weeks, I'd be more optimistic, but he insists this is his
>> best idea. So I've gotten some 11X14 HP5 film for his camera -- which does
>> make very good pinhole images (during the day). I know he will have
>> reciprocity failure, but how much extra time at (approx.) f/180 will he need
>> to adjust. He's smartly working on alleyways which are pretty well lit, he
>> also has a decent meter (a Luna Six I think). I've guessed he needs an
>> exposure of 1.5 hours, without pushing the film. This comes from a dusty spot
>> in my brain when I used to make nighttime images with the same film and
>> adjusting for the (TINY!) pinhole aperture.
>>
>> Anybody out there have any real world experience with this type of situation?
>>
>> -- Darryl Baird
>>
> It depends on what he plans to take a photo of at night. I've had success
> with pinhole camera exposures from dusk to dawn in rooms lit by incandescent
> light, fireplaces, tv's, etc. And I've tried taking all-night photos of the
> moon that showed only a streak in the sky, If he's shooting a city street
> with lights and neon signs, the exposure might be considerably shorter. If
> he's shooting a close up of a lamp, it might be very short. It simply depends
> on the amount of light in the scene. I never used a light meter for night
> pinholes, as I have a more casual approach to image making. But I'm sure
> there are some techies on the pinhole discussion list who could offer some
> advice on the subject.
>
> http://www.pinholevisions.org/discussion/
>
> - Gregg
>
>
>
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